A downtown that is filled with unique shops
Kay Jay’s Doll Shoppe is the kind of store that makes Ocean City special OCEAN CITY — Family-run businesses such as Kay Jay’s Doll Shoppe help create and maintain the authentic nature of downtown Ocean City, where hundreds of thousands flock every summer in search of the perfect gift. With very mild apologies to Walmart, […]
A world record fish tale
Life for young couple means working remotely on a sailboat in the Bahamas OCEAN CITY — In February, Taylor (Hennessy) Stickel and her husband, Chris, were at a reef in the Bahamas looking for lobsters for a friend who was planning a romantic dinner. It’s not clear whether they ever found those lobsters, but Taylor […]
Longtime Somers Point eyesore gets cleaned up
SOMERS POINT — A longtime eyesore was removed from a major intersection in the city late last month and two planned projects in the vicinity promise better things to come. Brothers Sean, Todd and Chris Scarborough of Scarborough Properties met with City Council President Janice Johnston and Councilman Richard DePamphilis on June 21 at the […]
Wacky Wednesday warriors do battle with Shriver’s taffy at Music Pier
OCEAN CITY — Hundreds of participants young and old stretched the boundaries of art last week during the first Wacky Wednesday event of the summer — taffy sculpting. The competition kicked off the summer-long series of wild and wacky (but not tacky) events and competitions starting at 10:30 a.m. weekly under the loggia at the […]
Cannabis Commission adds three new categories; 81 licenses approved
TRENTON — The state Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) has added three new categories of license for recreational cannabis: wholesaler, distributor and delivery service. So far, it has approved 81 new licenses. During a meeting June 30, CRC Executive Director Jeff Brown said the commission has received about 1,200 applications for recreational cannabis licenses and that […]
Owner hangs on as car thief leads Lower Township police on chase
NORTH CAPE MAY — Authorities say a 19-year-old East Orange man stole a car and fled the scene at more than 90 mph as its owner clung perilously to the roof. Woodrow Gibson, who faces multiple felony charges in Lower Township, was arrested on unrelated charges in Bensalem, Pa., and was being held in the […]
Marmora man still hitting the gym at 99 years old
Former WWII B-17 radio/gunner keeps active, adores his great-grandkids OCEAN VIEW — Albert Kosher celebrated his birthday June 30 by working out on his own at the MFit Gym in Ocean View and following it up with an exercise class. That’s not unusual. A lot of people spend part of their birthdays working out to […]
Make parents opt-in to sex ed in schools
Speakers tell board of ed Ocean City is conservative and curriculum objectionable OCEAN CITY — Calling Ocean City a conservative community, a few speakers at the Ocean City Board of Education meeting last week said the district should not adopt a new state health education curriculum because of its “objectionable standards” or at least require […]
Art fills the park in Point
SOMERS POINT — Beautiful art, photography and sculpture combined with beautiful weather and a beautiful setting Saturday for the sixth annual Art in the Park at the city’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Park overlooking Great Egg Harbor Bay. Artists were set up in tents throughout the grounds, selling their work and hoping to win the coveted […]